ante
n
stake in poker2, etc that a player must make before receiving new cards (打扑克等再要牌前所下的)赌注
raise/up the ante, ie increase one's stake 加大赌注. ante, v
1 [Tn] make (sth) as an ante 下(赌注).
2 (phr v) ante up (esp US) make a stake or payment 下赌注; 付款.
🗣️ 情景例句
I care about people, not things.
我关心的是人而不是东西。
These buildings are supposed to be earth quakeproof.
这些建筑物是耐震建筑才对。
The house was dirty. They hadn't cleaned it for weeks.